How often do you comment on blogs?
4:21 pm on the 21st of February, 2009For me one main attraction of blogging was the conversations that crop up around what I write, or what others write. I’ve been gradually aware of something recently and I wonder if others feel the same.
I want to know if anyone else thinks that they comment less (or receive less comments ) on blogs now than they did before they used twitter?
Tags: blogging, twitter
February 21st, 2009 at 5:37 pm on the 21st of February, 2009
No and no.
Actually, it might even go the other way: I might comment on blogs I wouldn’t have seen before Twitter because someone posts a link to it. The comments on my blog(s) also seem relatively stable, if anything they actually seem to go up.
February 21st, 2009 at 9:44 pm on the 21st of February, 2009
I think so Stuart. Every now and again I make an effort. I’ve also noticed a decrease on comments on my blog but sometimes discussion on twitter. It would be interesting if there was a way to include tweets about a post with comments.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 am on the 2nd of March, 2009
I probably comment less than I used to but I don’t think Twitter’s to blame… I think (in my case) it’s just incompetence and/or laziness.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:05 am on the 14th of April, 2009
Good point-I don’t comment enough. Probably the best comments are the ones which disagree with or challenge the post-that way you get debate and discussion, ie -thesis-antithesis-synthesis et al. Don Ledingham’s blog is good for this, as he throws ideas around all the time, and he attracts plenty of comment.
One idea might be to comment on a blog you wouldn’t normally read-maybe one of the many BBC blogs for example, whuch have a different audience.
In general, I have used my blog less, and started to use Facebook more, but it’s a differnt animal-much kess conducive to considered reflection, which is what a good blog should aim at.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:52 pm on the 17th of April, 2009
There’s another point about the easy accessto twitter I think. I’ve been away for about a fortnight. I arrived back in Scotland three days agi and since getting back (indeed before I’d even got off the plane) I’d already been twittering using my iphone, but it is only now that I’ve got back onto my blog to reply to your comment Jim. I’d seen it as it came through my email but not taken the time to reply on my phone.
I guess before iPhone I had to get a webfix every so often , but now that I’m always connected to the people in my PLN I feel the need to comment on blogs less.
I don’t know. My using twitter started at the same time as getting a proper job and my commenting decline started then – which is to blame?
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